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WILLIAM J. RE1LI .Y, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

SEPARATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 752,418, dated February 16, 1904. A li ti fil d February 14, 1903. Serial No. 143,343 (No model.)

To aZZivitom it may concern.- 7

. Be it known that 1, WILLIAM J. REILLY, a

citizen of the United States, and a resident of Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State. of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Steam-Separator, of which the following is a specification.

When steam passes through an engine in the performance of its work-it becomes more or less mixed with the oils or other lubricants in the cylinder and valves andwith other foreign substances, which same are carried along with the exhaust in a state 'of mechanical suspension, together with such water as may be condensedon theway, and in event the steam so contaminated is condensed and the water fed back into the boiler these impurities are very objectionable, because a coating of fatty or greasy substance is soon formed on the boiler shell and tubes, which coating is a poor conductor of heat, and therefore destroys the full efliciency of the boiler, and by keeping the Water from direct contact with the shell and tubes permits the fire to burn the metal.

My invention relates to an apparatus by which all water, grease, oil, and other foreign 'matter mechanicallysuspended can. be removed or scrubbed V out of exhaust or live steam under a high or low pressure or under a vacuum without the use of any chemical reagents. I attain this object by the construction and arrangement of the apparatus, of

which a preferred form is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 isa side elevation of the apparatus, showing one end in section; Fig. 2, a-plan view of the apparatus, showing the top plate removed from one end; Fig. 3, a perspective view of the rear end of the apparatus with the mouthpiece removed; Fig. 4:, an inside view of the mouthpiece, showing the scatteringplate; Fig. 5, an enlarged horizontal section showing details of the intercepters and their connections; Fig. 6, a rear end view of one corner of the case, showing details of the construction; Fig. 7, a rear view of the upper part of one intercepter, showing its connections; and Fig. 8, a vertical section of same on line 8 8, Figs. 5, 6, and7.

1 Similar numerals refer tov similar parts throughout thedrawings.

The case of the apparatus is preferably formed rectangular in cross-section and about four times as long and one and one-third times i. as high as its width and is composed of the sideplates 1 and bottom plate 2, on which side plates is attached thetop plate 3. The side and bottom plates are preferably cast or wrought in one piece, as shown, and are provided with the stiffening-ribsi and 5, the rim- I flanges 6 for attaching the top plate, and the end flanges 7 for attaching the mouthpiece 8, and the forward end 9 is contracted, as a funnel, to the outlet-aperture l0 and is provided with the flange 11 for attaching an ordinary jpipe leading to a condenser or other receptacle. The top plate is also preferably provided with the stiffening-ribs 12 and 13 and the end flange 14 and is attached on the rimflanges by the bolts or rivets 15.

The mouthpiece 8 is provided with the inlet-aperture 16 and with the annular flange 17 5 for attaching an ordinary pipe leading from a cylinder or other reservoir. From the injlet-aperture 16 the mouthpiece flares to form the square section 18, at the free edge of which is provided the flange 19 for attaching to the endflanges of the sided and top and bottom by means of the bolts or rivets 20;

In the square section of p the mouthpiece is formed the diaphragm or scattering-plate 21, in which are provided the radial slots 22' and the smaller apertures 23, which slots and I apertures are arranged with their area distributed evenly over the diaphragm and serve to scatter orspread in all directions the steam which-emerges from the round inlet-aperture, so that it is evenly distributed throughout the entire square section of the case.

The bottom plate of the case is preferably inclined downward from the sides and. the ends to the central drain-aperture 24, to which is attached an ordinary drain-pipe with valves, by means of which the water which is removed from the steam and accumulated in the bottom of the apparatus can be conducted to a tank or other receptacle.

On the inside of the case near the bottom of the sides and ends are provided the flanges 25, on which the division-plate 26 is rested. The division-plate forms a partition between the steam-chamber above and the water and oil reservoir below and prevents the steam from' coming in contact with the water and oil after the same have been removed from the steam.

and accumulated in the reservoir. In the dlvlsion-plate are a series of rows of apertures 27 which are spaced and arranged'to 're-' ceive the lower ends of the intercepters 28, and

preferably formed by the flanges 33 and 34, i

in which grooves are inserted the outer flanges of the angle-bars 35, and at intervals across the case are located the transverse angle-bars 36, the ends of which are attached to the angle-bars 35 on'each side by bolts orj the vent-holes'in the side walls of the-inter The intercepters 28 are preferably located rivets.

vertically in the case and are each composed of the forward wall 37,the side walls 38,the rear Wall 39, and the rearward-diverging wings $0, the words forward and rear having reference to the direction the steam. travels. I prefer to make the forward and side walls and the wings'of the intercepters out of a single sheetof metal bent to the proper shape, as illustrated, and to rivet the rear wall to the sides by means of the flanges 4:1, as shown.

In the form of construction illustrated the intercepters extend from the angle-bars 35 at the top of the case down to the division-plate, and the side and forward walls extend down through the apertures 27 a short distance into the oil-reservoir below. There is thus formed the continuous conduit 30 from the top of the case down through the divisionplate into the oil-reservoir.

In the rear walls of the intercepters are cut;

the tapered tongues 42, with their narrow ends directed downward and out free of the wall and their upper wide ends preferably including the entire width of the wall. These tongues are bent forward along the lines 43 at their wide upper ends into and diagonally the length of the case.-

ries of rows across the case, and the intercepters of each row are located opposite the intervals in the adjacent rows, whereby the course of the steam is staggered throughout The free edges of the wings of the intercepters in each row are also preferably arranged to overlap or extend beyond the free edges of the wings in the adjacent rows, which serves to increase the staggering of the steam in its course through the case and to compel all particles of the steam to find their way between the wings and into the intercepter-conduits.

When the steam enters the separator through the inlet-aperture, it is first distrib-. uted by the scattering-plate, so that it fills the entire'section of the case above the divisionplate. The greater part of the steam is intercepted between the wings of the :intercepters in the. first row and strikes violently against the wings and the rear walls of the intercepters, against which walls the steamcurrent in each 'intercepter is concentrated. The steam then passes through the tongueholes and against the "bent-in tongues, by which tongues it 'is deflected downward and to each side and finally passes out through cepters. The steam which has passed through between the wings of the adjacent intercepters of the first row is joined by the steam which passes through the vent-holes of these intercepters, and this current is almost entirely caught between the wings of the intercepters in the second row, through which in-' tercepters it passes, as describedfor the first row, and such steam asmay pass between the intercepters of the second row is caught by the intercepters of the third row, and soon through the entire'length of the separator.

As the steam dashes against the wings of each 'intercepter, and is then deflected to dash against the rear wall and thence through the tongue-holes with concentrated force against the inclined tongues, and is finally deflected by the tongues to strike the walls of the intercepter-conduit and then out through the vent-holes, it'deposits the greater part of the suspended water, oil, and other impurities on these various surfaces, and the steam thus partially cleansed and purified passes on to the next .row of intercepters, by which it is further purified, until after staggering through all the various rows of intercepters it is finally completely separated and cleansed of all impurities and passes-out of the outlet-aperture free of foreign substances.

Thewater and oil which has beendeposited on the surfaces of the wings of each intercepter is mostly carried forward by the action of the steam to join that which accumulates on the surface of the rear wall and on the tongues and runs down along the tongues on the continuous surface to the forward wall-of the intercepter, along which it more rapidly travels,

and, together wlth the water and oil which is deposited on the inner walls of the conduit, finally runs down into the reservoir below. the division-plate. When a drop of oil or other liquid is allowed to hang in suspension from a free edge or to fall freely into a current of steam, it is well known that the steam will in each case seize and dissipate it into a mist and carry it along with the current; but by my apparatus, having various surfaces, but all joined to form a continuous pathjnto the conduit which leads down into the oil-reservoir, no such seizing and dissipating can possibly occur, and the deposited oil will run slowly at first and then more rapidly along the several surfaces and then down through the conduit I that the case instead of being horizontal and, the intercepters instead of being vertical canto the protected reservoir, beyond the action of the steam-current. The angle-bars which extend across the top in the case and then down along the sides serve as additional deflectors to prevent the steam from passing around the intercepters at the sides and top, and thus compels it to pass through and among the several rows, and any water or oil which may be deposited on these angle-bars will run down to the divisionplate,-whence it will find its way into the intercepter-conduits, as heretofore described.

It will be understood that the dimensions and the details of shape, construction, and arrangement can be varied in many ways and be inclined without affecting the general nature of my invention. 1

The angle-bar 35 being continuous across the top and being bent down and extending on each side to. the division-plate forms with the transverse angle-bars 36 a frame to which the intercepters of each row are attached,

small inlet-aperture at one end, a diaphragm adjacent to the inlet-aperture, and radial slots in the diaphragm.

2. In a steam-separator, a series of interceptor-conduits having wings diverging rear- 4. In a steam-separator, a series of intercepter-conduits having wings diverging rearward from the side of the conduits, and openings in the rear wall and vent-holes in the side walls of the conduits. I

5. A steam-separator comprising a case, a division-plate in the case forming achamber above and a reservoir below, interceptor-conduits in the chamber leading through the division-plate into the reservoir, and tongues out in the rear walls of the conduits having their lower free ends bent forward to join the forward walls.

6. In a steam-separator, a series of intercepter-conduits havingtapered' tongues cut in the rear walls of the conduits with their lower free and narrow ends bent forward to join the forward walls.

7 In a steam-separator, a series of intercepter-conduits having openings in the rear walls and vent-holes in the side walls of the conduits.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM J. REILLY.

Witnesses:

HUGH F. OORRIGAN,

ELWooD M. FRANCE. 

